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NITED STATES BELLE MUMBY, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .'Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed December 30, 1907. Serial No. 408,457.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BELLE MUMBY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Sad-Irons, of which the fol owing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sad-irons, and the object of my improvement is to provide on opposite sides of such a tool smoothing faces of different areas and configurations with a reversible and detachable handle.

My invention also contains improvements upon the sad-iron patented to me by the United States under Number 783,883, patented February 28th, 1905.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are fully illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the rear end of same, parts being shown removed or sectioned away. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the detachable metallic part of the reversible handle. Fig; 4 is a plan view of one of the smoothing faces of the sad-iron, with the curved part of the reversible handle not shown. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectiony of said sad-iron taken through its recessed rear boss and the engaging means on the reversible handle.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The body of my improved sad-iron consists of a single piece having two smoothing surfaces, laced opposite to each other, the surface i iaving its forward portion curved to a point in a well-known shape, while the other surface t is made narrower as shown with a pointed forward end for use in smoothing seams or plaits. The intermediate surfaces of the sides of the iron are formed with suitable concavities, while the rear end e is a flat plane at right angles to the smoothing surfaces. A rectangular boss g extends rearwardly from and integral with the body of the sad-iron, the vertical sides of said boss being parallel and at right angles to the rear face of said body, while the horizontal sides are sloped forwardly and inwardly to provide obliquely grooved seats for the forward oblique projections of the handle-base h. The forward face of the handle-base h forms y with the said projections 4a space s with reentrant upper and lower sides adapted to fit said base u on and slidably over the boss g. A rectangu ar socket 7c is provided in the rear face of the boss g with its vertical inner sides sloping inwardly to receive the catch p of the spring-impelled latch n. This latch is seated in a cavity r in the forward part of the base h, its lower end curved rearwardly to enter a dome in said base in which dome it is pivoted on a pintlef. The up er end of said atch has a relatively long nger-piece c, which projecting through an orifice in said base, is curved upward and forward to conform to the inner side of the handle a, and located near it to be within convenient access.

A plate s ring m is located between the latch n and t e rear wall of the socket or cavity r, and tends to resiliently impel the catch p into the socket 7c. An L-shaped sup orting-piece d extends from the rear of the ase h, its vertical member being secured at the upper end to the rear end of the wooden handle aby a screw t. The handle c is curved forwardly over the sad-iron as shown.

When the base h is slid over the boss g horizontally to a central position, the springimpelled latch causes the catch p to drop into the socket lc, firmly securing the parts together. The inwardly sloping sides of said socket facilitates insertion and removal of the catch p while the base is being slid over the boss g. A slight pressurev of the fingers on the finger-piece c withdraws the catch p from said socket, permitting the handle to be detached from the boss by merely sliding it horizontally. The body of the sad-iron may then be reversed if so desired, and the handle re-connected with it in the manner above described. I do not intend to limit myself to a particular design of configuration of either smoothing face of the sad-iron, as they may be varied as desired, to suit convenience of the user.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A sad-iron having oppositely-placed smoothing faces, and having a rectangular boss on its rear face provided with horizontally-channeled slideways on its upper and under horizontal faces, said boss having in its rear vertical face a socket, and a reversible handleortion having arallel horizontal slides a apted to be slid) into and along said channeled 'slideways removably, said handle having detachable means for entering 1Ehe socket and securing theliandle -to-the oss.

2. A sad-iron having oppositely-place'd smoothing faces, and having a rectangular boss on its rear face provided with horizontally-channeled slidewaysonits upper and under horizontal faces, said boss having in its rear verticalface a socketwith sidewalls beveled from Within outwardly, andf a re-Z versib le ,handle-portion; having parallel hori-iy zontal slides adapted Ato beslid vinto and along said channeled slideways removably, said handle having resiliently controlled en- 15 gaging'meansffor entering the socket in the rear face of said boss, and such means being formed to fit the beveled sides of said socket to quickly release therefrom.

Signed at zWaterloo7 Iowa, this 24th day of 20 lDec. 19.07.

BELLE MUMBY. 

